performance

Definition

  • noun: an activity (such as singing a song or acting in a play) that a person or group does to entertain an audience
  • noun: the execution of an action
  • sometimes used figuratively
  • synonyms: work, deed, accomplishment

Examples

  • Event planners hope to avoid a 'repeat performance' of last year's problems. [=hope that last year's problems will not happen again this year]

  • a bicyclist who was disqualified for taking 'performance'-enhancing drugs [=drugs that improve your ability to do something]

  • How has the company's stock 'performance' been? [=has the value of the company's stock been increasing/decreasing?]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) It's rancid in here. That is what happens when six people don't shower for half a week. Anything you need other than deodorant? Yeah, this performance standards thing. - The teachers unions are gonna-- - Leave it in. - But we could delete it. - I'll handle the unions. What else? Anything? (..)
    2013 TvShow: House of Cards Title: Chapter 2 Season: 1 Episode 2